Crystal River current., 1887-06-18
A TALK WITH BLAINE.
His Proposed Trip to Europe, the
State of His Health and Little
Politics.


NEW YORK, May 13.-The World
will print tomorrow an elaborate account
of a visit made by correspondent to Mr..
Blaine at his home in Augusta, Maine, and
afterward at his cottage at Bar Harbor, In
the course of which Blaine gave fully his
plans for the forthcoming trip, discussed
the false reports of his failing health, and
referred at length to the work which he has
bestowed on the books which he has just
| finished. He says his visit abroad will ex-
tend more than year and doubtless beyond
| the time of the meeting of the next Ma
| tional Convention. Mr.. Blaine said:
Il am going abroad and l expect to De
away about year. Mrs. Blaine and my
two daughters, Marguerite and Hattie, will
make up the party. / have engaged state
rooms on the German Lloyd's ship Ellis,
| which sails June 8. We shall stop at South
ampton and go at once to London. We in
tend to spend considerable time in travel
ing through Great Britain and after Eng
land we will probably go to Scotland and
Ireland, then think we shall spend some
time in Germany, and after that take in
France.
"By this time it will probably be getting
so late in the year that Spain and Italy will
be comfortable. We intend to make the
tour of both of these cou tries and spend
next winter along the Mediterranean. We
will probably make long visits in Rome and
Greece, and perhaps stop brief time in
Constantinople and visit the recent
earthquakes in the south of France and the
adjoining portions of Italy. A year is suf-
fcent to cover great deal of ground with
out hurrying."
The correspondent asked, allow about
the report, Mr.. Blaine, that you contem-
plate in some way assisting Mr.. Glad
stone and the Home Rule party?"
''The story is purely imaginative. L
never had such an idea in my mind. No, in
deed shall do nothing of the kind.''
at has been widely published that your
trip to Europe is for the benefit of your
health; is that the case?"
sit is very curious about that report. l
have been made sick by various newspapers
at various times, and first and last l have
been made to have every malady that l
know of. have had Bright's diseased tor
pid liver an affection of the heart, paraly-
| sis of the heart, nervous debility, and well,
| don't know now, but at any rate good
| many other diseases. AS said, it is curious
| how these stories start. l have in
| fact been singularly free from sickness. l
have had hardly sick day in my life, never
at any time serious, and 1 never had an or
ganic trouble of any kind"
Mr.. Blaine positively declined to talk
about politics, except that while in CONVEX
saton with the correspondent in his cot
tage at Bar IIarbor he said in regard to the
Burchard incident in 1884: II did not hear
what he said. but the reporters heard it,and
the next day every paper in the country
had it of course, but as a matter of fact
did not hear myself. Why, out in Indiana
they had it that L said it. Yes, it went all
over the State in that way. In great
many places in the West they had slips of
paper printed with "Read what Mr.. Blaine
says" on them, and distributed them in the
front of the churches on Sunday.
"That is what lost me the election. You
know of course how close it was. Well, in
New York City alone it lost me several
thousand votes, good deal more than
enough to carry that State. l have never
felt but that l was elected. 1t was matter
of less than GOO votes to have New York the
other way. When it is as close as that
there can be no certainty of the count
do not think it can ever be said with GER
tainty which of us got the most votes"